Verse 23
Judges 13:23
World English Bible
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But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣/וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗/וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַ/הֲמִיתֵ֨/נוּ֙ לֹֽא לָקַ֤ח מִ/יָּדֵ֨/נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּ/מִנְחָ֔ה וְ/לֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖/נוּ אֶת כָּל אֵ֑לֶּה וְ/כָ/עֵ֕ת לֹ֥א הִשְׁמִיעָ֖/נוּ כָּ/זֹֽאת
English Translation
And his wife said to him, "If the Lord desired to kill us, He would not have taken from our hand a burnt offering and a grain offering, and He would not have shown us all these things, and at this time He would not have let us hear such things."
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Chapter 13 Context
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but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong dri...
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Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God (Elohim) whom you sent...
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God (Elohim) listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God (Elohim) came again to the woman...
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She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor...
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Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?”
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So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the...
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For when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, Yahweh’s angel ascended in the flame o...
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